Imaginal revival in Western thought

A small revival of interest in Henry Corbin and Islamic mystical concepts (notably the 'imaginal world' of Sufism and Illuminationist philosophy) is appearing among non‑Muslim Western intellectuals as a proposed remedy for secular exhaustion and alienation. That revival reframes Iran and Islamic civilization not only as geopolitical actors but as sources of spiritual and philosophical resources the West might import. — If adopted more widely, this framing could change cultural debates about secularism, religion, and foreign peoples by making mystical Islamic thought a legitimate source for Western intellectual renewal.